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Bad sex award cancelled as public exposed to ‘too many bad things in 2020’
Novelists who have strayed into the more intimate realms in their recent writing will have breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday after the Literary Review announced it had cancelled this year’s Bad sex in fiction awards.
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Golden Globes: Tom Hanks to Receive Cecil B. DeMille Award
It’s a beautiful day to be Tom Hanks. The Hollywood Foreign Press announced Tuesday that the celebrated actor will receive the Cecil B. deMille Award at the 77th annual Golden Globes in January. …
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2018 Winners of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Since 1982 the English Department at San Jose State University has sponsored the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, a whimsical literary competition that challenges entrants to compose opening sentences to the worst of all possible novels.
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[National Geographic’s] Best Photos of 2017
National Geographic’s 57 best images of the year—curated from 88 photographers, 112 stories, and nearly 2 million photographs.
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Alfred Nobel's lesser-known Azerbaijan connection
The international accolade has an unusual affiliation with the Asian nation's long-standing oil industry.
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Bad sex award 2017 shortlist: the contenders in quotes
Literary theory, avalanches and a frosty encounter on a beach – it’s time to get up close and personal with the challengers for the Literary Review’s 2017 Bad sex in fiction prize.
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International Association of Professional Birth Photographers – 2017 Image Competition
The International Association of Professional Birth Photographers is proud to announce the winners of the 2017 Image of the Year Competition.
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Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2017 winners – in pictures
Awe-inspiring views of the universe were celebrated at the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2017 awards ceremony, held at the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
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Scientists Blow Their Chances At Respectability At Annual Ig Nobel Awards
The awards highlight research that encourages people to think in unusual ways. By Scott Malone.
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Nobel Peace Prize: Santos calls for 'rethink' of war on drugs
The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, has used his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech to call for the world to "rethink" the war on drugs. He said the zero-tolerance policy might be "even more harmful" than all the other wars being fought worldwide. Mr Santos's government and the country's biggest rebel group, the Farc, signed a peace deal last month.
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Dylan writes Nobel Prize fest speech; Patti Smith to sing
He won't be there in person but the Nobel Foundation says Bob Dylan has written a speech that will be read out at the traditional Nobel Prize banquet. Dylan, the winner of this year's Nobel Prize in literature, declined the invitation to the Dec. 10 prize ceremony and banquet, pleading other commitments. But the Nobel Foundation said Monday that the singer-songwriter has written a "speech of thanks" that will be read by a yet-to-be-decided person at the lavish banquet in Stockholm's City Hall.
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Kurt Vonnegut in 1991: “Bob Dylan Is the Worst Poet Alive”
Bob Dylan’s writing has been a major topic of discussion since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. As it turns out, acclaimed author Kurt Vonnegut was not a fan during his lifetime. In a November 1991 interview with Hustler, which the magazine will run in its upcoming December issue, interviewer Kevin P. Simonson asked Vonnegut plainly, “What are your musical tastes?” His answer...
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Nobel Panel gives up Knockin’ on Dylan’s Door
Days after being awarded the literature prize, Bob Dylan has yet to get in touch with the Swedish Academy, or indicate whether he will attend the celebrations
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10th December 1901 - First Nobel Prizes awarded
The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. The ceremony came on the fifth anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite and other high explosives.
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Mercury Music Prize: Winner Benjamin Clementine dedicates prize to Paris
Former busker Benjamin Clementine wins the £20,000 Mercury Music Prize and dedicates his award to Paris.
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I (Shall Happily) Accept the 2016 Nobel Prize in Economics on Behalf of Satoshi Nakamoto
Nearly 25 years after receiving my PhD in Finance from the University of Chicago, I finally heard from the Prize Committee for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel -- popularly known as the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. No, I was not awarded the prize -- I was not expecting to. The committee has invited me to nominate someone for the 2016 Prize. I feel honored. Frankly, this is as close as I am going to get to the Nobel Prize.
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These Are the Top Contenders for the Nobel Peace Prize
With the Nobel Peace Prize winner due to be announced at 6am ET on Friday, speculation is running rampant about which do-gooder(s) might be taking home the prestigious award. British bookmaker William Hill said it had seen a flurry of last minute betting on the prize, awarded almost every year since 1901 to the candidate who the Nobel committee decides has “done the most or the best work for fraternity between nation...
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Physics duo wins the Nobel Prize for solving longstanding neutrino puzzle
One of tiniest particles in physics has won the biggest prize in science – for the fourth time.
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The 13 Inspiring Winners Of Our 2015 Innovation By Design Awards
In the eyes of our esteemed judges, these projects represent the year's best design.
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The 2015 CMA Nominations Suggest Country Music Wants to Get Better
Whatever you think about country music, there’s no disputing it has taken its fair share of heat. But as much as we criticize, we only do it because we love it, and just don’t like seeing country music in its current state. Fortunately, the newly announced 2015 Country Music Association award nominees signal a trend that has been building for a long time: Country music wants to get better, to be taken seriously, and the powers that be are finally doing something to prove they’re ready to help it
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